As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.
The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.
Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.
![Bobby Jones Quote - There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/there-isnt-a-hole-out-there-augusta-that-cant-be-b-683x1024.jpg)
